Federal Law Enforcement Safety

The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital that activists opposed to federal immigration enforcement are using mailed postcards to dox ICE and CBP agents by warning their neighbors that “immigration enforcement lives next door,” a tactic DHS links to an 8,000% rise in death threats and a 1,300% increase in assaults on agents since January 2025. One documented case in Wake County, North Carolina, shows a postcard sent to residents in Raleigh identifying a nearby ICE agent, using what appears to be CCTV imagery of the Black officer and a mocked‑up ICE badge; DHS says the doxxing only heightens risks for agents’ families. Postal markings show the card went out as presorted first‑class business mail, which requires at least 500 pieces, suggesting hundreds of similar mailings were sent around the country rather than a one‑off local stunt. The report comes weeks after a Daily Beast story that a DHS whistleblower allegedly leaked identifying information for about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees to an Irish national who runs an “ICE list” website, which has since crowdsourced additional data from hotel and bar staff and neighbors. DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis blasted rhetoric equating ICE with Nazi or slave‑patrol forces as fueling dehumanization and real‑world violence, while online debates are already polarizing into those portraying the postcards as justified “community self‑defense” and those warning that targeting named federal officers’ home addresses crosses a bright line into incitement and intimidation.